Lu Ban felt his head begin to boil.
The octopus exploded into fragments, each piece bursting into flames and abruptly turning to ash.
But the transmission of the contamination did not stop. Instead, it traveled along the connection between Lu Ban and the octopus.
In an instant, he felt a dizzying sensation unlike anything he had experienced before, as though he were being tossed around like a ladle on a violently rocking ship, filling him with an intense urge to vomit.
However, before Lu Ban could vomit, he no longer had to worry about that problem.
Boom—
Lu Ban's entire head exploded. Pink, red, and white semi-solid matter splattered everywhere, spattering the glass like the work of a malfunctioning blender that had sprayed an entire kitchen with food.
His body immediately melted, becoming a pool of minced flesh.
Xiya had a magical barrier around her that blocked Lu Ban's explosion. She stood there somewhat dazed, watching Lu Ban slowly drip down the glass enclosure. Unable to resist, she reached out, dabbed a little of him with a fair finger, and licked it at the tip of her tongue.
"Disgusting."
Xiya reached her conclusion and immediately spat out the Lu Ban in her mouth.
In the next moment, the melted Lu Ban gradually gathered together, quickly recovering into human form.
Even the parts Xiya had just eaten returned to his body.
"Did you get a little smaller?"
Xiya looked Lu Ban up and down before giving her assessment.
"Where did I get smaller?"
Lu Ban looked himself over but found nothing wrong.
"It just feels like you shrank a little."
Xiya patted Lu Ban.
"Oh, I really did shrink a little."
Thinking about it, Lu Ban realized that a chunk of flesh about the size of a fist had evaporated just